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Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch (fuelarc.com)

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Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

To be fair, I'd be surprised if half the humans driving didn't do the same.

[–] osugi_sakae@midwest.social 5 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

this. watching the video, I had some trouble telling the difference. sure, from some angles it is obvious, but from others it is not.

That said, other cars, with more types of sensors, would probably have "seen" the obstruction on the road.

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[–] arankays@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (24 children)

I tried Waymo when I was visiting LA a few months ago. Genuinely terrific stuff.

I do not trust Teslas one bit though.

[–] kenoh@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Tesla doesn't use lidar for its sensing, living on the prayer that AI will just get good enough soon enough. Absolutely galaxy brained decision.

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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Tesla is trash.

Fuck Elon musk.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Taking a guess here, but I think Mark Rober is not a big trump/musk fan? :D

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[–] blackluster117@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Still think LIDAR is inferior to computer vision, Elon?

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 23 hours ago

That was never in question, they just went with cameras because they're dirt cheap compared to lidar.

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[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The war against AI will be fought with Looney Tunes bits.

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